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Philippine Anti-Graft and Corruption Laws

Year Law Number Details
1987 Constitution Art IX, Sec 1–21 Accountability of Public Officers including SALN
1987 Constitution Art IX Independence and Autonomy of
Constitutional Commissions
1987 Constitution Bill of Rights, Art III, Sec 7 Right to Information on Matters of Public Concern
1930 Act Revising the Penal Code RA 3815 Imposes sanctions through penalties and fines on corrupt officials
1955 Act Declaring Forfeiture in
Favour of the State of Any
Property Found To Have Been Unlawfully Acquired By Any Public Officer or Employee
RA 1379 Authorizes state to appropriate any property found to have been unlawfully acquired by any public officer or employee
1960 Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act RA 3019 Identifies 11 types of corrupt acts among public officials, requires them to file every 2 years detailed and sworn statement of
assets and liabilities, includes submission of SALN every other year
1969 An Act Providing for the Office of the Citizen’s Counsellor RA 6028 Provides for the formation of Office of the Citizens’ Counsellor; passed August of that year by President Marcos but not
implemented
1972 Gift-giving decree PD 46 Making it punishable for Public Officials and Employees to receive,and for private persons to give gifts on any occasion
1975 Immunity from Prosecution PD 749 Granting Immunity from Prosection to Givers of Bribes and other Gifts and to their Accomplices in Bribery and other Graft Cases Against Public Officers
1988 An Act To Protect the Security of Tenure of Civil Service Officers and Employees in the Implementation of Government Reorganisation RA 6656 Prohibits removal of officer or employee in the career service except for a valid cause and after due notice and hearing
1989 An Act Establishing a Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees RA 6713 Promotes a high standard of ethics in public service; public officials and employees shall at all times be accountable to the people and shall discharge their duties with utmost responsibility, integrity, competence and loyalty, act with patriotism and justice, lead modest lives and uphold public interest over personal interest
1989 Ombudsman Act RA 6770 Grants the Ombudsman preventive, investigatory and prosecutorial powers and requires it to assist the public and provide administrative resolution to corruption cases
1991 An Act Defining and Penalising the Crime of Plunder of 1991 RA 7080 Any public officer who, by himself or in connivance, acquires ill-gotten wealth of at least seventy-five million pesos (P75,000,000.00), shall be punished by life imprisonment with perpetual absolute disqualification from holding any public office.
1995 Mandate of the Sandiganbayan RA 7975 Strengthening the Functional and Structural Organization of the Sandiganbayan
1997 Mandate of the Sandiganbayan RA 8249 Further Defining the Jurisdiction of the Sandiganayan
2002 Government Procurement Reform Act RA 9184 Provides for the Modernization, Standardization and Regulation of the Procurement Activities of the Government; creates the Government Procurement Policy Board

Sources: Chan Robles Virtual Law Library, http://adb.org/Documents/Policies/PCP/prelims.pdf; The Lawphil Project - Philippine Laws and Jurisprudence Databank, http://www.lawphil.net; 1987 Philippine Constitution; http://www.ombudsman.org.ph; Transparency International National Integrity Systems Country Study Report 2006

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Guide to the BIR and BOC
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Combating Corruption: Look Before You Leap
Research and Discussion Papers on Corruption
Suggested Readings

Anti-Corruption Organizations
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
World Bank Institute
Transparency International
American Center for Democracy
Institute of Public Administration
Center for Democratic Institutions
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) (Washington, D.C.)
Independent Commission Against Corruption (Australia)
Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)
Nathansom Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption
American University’s Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)